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Wow what a way to bring in April.... great core workout this morning for an hour, didn't push it as hard as last week cause I knew I was heading up to the slopes but still had a great workout!

WEnt skiing with the two older boys and one of their friends and what a day it was! Amazing powder and fun fun skiing... got my 2 boys to do a front flip off a cat track into deep cushy powder, they did it perfect and landed it in white softness!! Even I did my first front flip on skis in over 10 years and did my first 360 in 4-5 years... crazy what skiing with the youth will do to an old man!

Another sweet day of skiing, took the 2 older boys up... The snow was a bit denser today and you stayed on top of it a bit but still good fun!

Came home and ran the black trail and a little add on with Kel, fun to do with Kel, first time we have been able to leave the 3 yr old with the 11 yr old!

A good rainey run on the bench, did the MO loop with the steep hill add on! felt really good and smooth, worked on keeping form in check and quick leg turnover!

WWWWOW! April 6th and a powder day like that... just doesn' seem right but ohhh how right it was this morning... Unbelievable powder... deep and soft and everywhere! Absolutely lovin it! Keep it Coming! 7 sweet runs, and then to work!

Decided to hit the mtn again... could be and probably will be the last time to get powder for the year, one of first 10 out when they opened the upper gate... super sweet powder, cold face shots the whole way down! Did 3 15 minute hike ups so a good workout there and then 4 runs and then off to work!

Hit the North bench with S and N for a solid 7+ miler, my climbing legs were feeling it, so I stayed low on the way back as they went for some more climbing! Beautiful sunshiney day!

A difficult run up on the bench today... felt fatigued from the get go... hit the steep trail and followed the upper trail to the rocky outlook, where I met S, turned around came back and dropped down to MO GC and went along it back to the start! Good to have this run completed... I think I was more fatigued than I realized from my last 2 days of activity! It was an absolutely beautiful day out though!

Turned in a solid 12 mile effort this day... mostly on the NA trail... very nice run started the first couple with my HOT wife and then turned left and she turned right! Trail was in manageable shape... the first mile or so had the most snow(slow going) but then it dried for the most part and it was smooth sailing, exactly what I needed! I enjoy runs like this!

A good kept er easy climb up the MP... With the Dman... good easy conversation pace, but good to do still it is always a push with how steep that baby is! Maybe a couple more later with the wife!

A solid run on the bench this afternoon, felt great and pushed the pace a bit!

a solid mo loop run kept it nice an easy, was feeling my run from yesterday... oh yea i also did an hour of pilets this morning very good burn!

One last ski day with the boys... it was pretty good considering the warm temps!

Ran around the reservoir this morning, it was a beautiful morning, birds all over the place and the temps were perfect, started a bit sluggish, but then looked back and had a few people behind me... forced me to pick it up a bit and all be darned if the 3 people ended up being 2 girls who chased me down and caught me with about a half mile left in their run... dam$... but I can say they never passed me I ended up running with them for about a 1/2 mile, they said they were doing 7:12miles to catch me so that made me feel a bit better! After that I kept things going pretty good no watch so don't know pace, but by feel I was probably around the 8/mile pace... felt awesome until about 2 miles to go and then I think the lack of food yesterday kicked in, I got real lightheaded and thought I was going to have to call for a ride home... remembered I had a gu so i downed that and was able to finish! Overall great run!

Went to the park with the boys and kicked the soccer ball around a bit... then we did some barefoot sprinting, felt great to run fast on the grass!

An afternoon run in the heat on the East Bench... wasn't crazy hot compared to summer temps but whoa it felt warm... kept it steady, had some left over leg tiredness from the long run Saturday! Alot of people out and about on the trails for a Monday afternoon. Spring Fever, and I think it will abruptly end for a few days this week!

a good run with the S Mtn Goat hit the bench for some miles just over an hour of running, worked in some faster tempo spots here and there... Did some laps with the Soccer boys at practice... got to get those boys in better shape!

A Good kinda Chilly windy NA run... took the dog with me, she did great stayed close and didn't trip me too much... trail in great condition.

A little jaunt up the hill in NO while T was at Soccer practice it was all uphill on the way and all Dhill on the way back... good to get out and move the legs around a bit... long one tomorrow!

Good early morning run around the Reservoir and some tack ons to get to 20 actually it was exactly 20 by doing one detour... a perfect 20 mile loop... felt great almost the entire run, no watch... I ended up a bit slower that i anticipated (9 minute pace, maybe a tad under, with the bathroom break and a stop at the chevron to refill drink Bottle)... but no worries, just building... It was a beautiful morning!

8 miles on the trail... really all that needs to be said on a day like today... amazing... perfect temps, trails in Primo shape, and I felt great. I did the MO Loop run and added the BC Loop, which added some good climbing... I think this will become a more regular run, I love getting the climbing in and then working my way across the upper trails, trying to stay in a good rhythm!

Started the day out with a great Core burn, 60 min. of abs, legs and arms... met the NMan at 3 for a run/hike up to Mpeak pretty good burner nothing too crazy, snow was bad the last switchback and up, soft and inconsistent.

A late night soccer special, good fun game and great workout... we lost in the last 15 seconds...

I have been timing these afternoon runs in the Snowy blizzards pretty good the last couple weeks... this was my third one and was probably the coldest, mainly from the wind as it blew in... great run though, did my MO Loop and then kept it high along the bench... overall felt great, tried to push hard on the short uphills!